Is the 6800 going to support pixel shader 3.0. Because i heard it does and to run half life to as good as it gets you will need pixel shader 3.0.Im looking into a x800 and if it only has pixel shader 2.0 thats mighty dumb. Because if im going to spend 400 or so bucks then i wanna run half life to as good as it gets. So pls tell And good night.

Half-Life 2's graphics are mediocre, anyways, if your computer isn't struggling with FarCry, HL2 should run fine, I mean, they do give you the game voucher with a 9600XT, so I don't think the reqs are gonna be that steep.

I just wanna know if the quality of half life 2 will be alittle below a 6800s because they are the top of the line cards these days and we all know that fx cards beats radeons quality but will it make a lot of differance with pixel shader 3.0.

Originally posted by Wartorment Half-Life 2's graphics are mediocre, anyways, if your computer isn't struggling with FarCry, HL2 should run fine, I mean, they do give you the game voucher with a 9600XT, so I don't think the reqs are gonna be that steep.

They throw in a voucher for 9600se, and that can't even play farcry with pleasing FPS.

Originally posted by BIG_AIZZLE I just wanna know if the quality of half life 2 will be alittle below a 6800s because they are the top of the line cards these days and we all know that fx cards beats radeons quality but will it make a lot of differance with pixel shader 3.0.

It depends if Half Life 2 uses PS3.0. You could get the X800 however, they would be outdated when DX9.0c games come out which would be a very long time. Personally, i would get the 6800 because with PS3.0 and DX9.0c support, it would last longer before i throw it away.